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Month: June 2014

AC Milan midfielder Ricardo Montolivo has rejected suggestions that the players have tried to make Filippo Inzaghi is their next manager. It is widely expected that the current Milan youth team coach will become the next manager. Clarence Seedorf is widely expected to receive the sack after falling out with the club officials in recent weeks. The Dutchman was appointed as the replacement for Massimiliano Allegri only a few months ago. However, results on the pitch failed to improve and his poor relationship with the owners is also set to cost him his job.

Inzaghi, who has been the club’s youth team coach, has been groomed into becoming the next Milan manager for several years. Now, his time has come to take over at the club, but Montolivo has dismissed suggestions that the players played a crucial role in the expected appointment. He says that the players just talk with Inzaghi as a former teammate and nothing more. The midfielder, who has recently been ruled out of the World Cup 2014 due to an injury, also stated that he expects Milan striker Mario Balotelli to become the most important player at the World Cup.

Montolivo suffered an injury during the draw with Republic of Ireland in a warmup match.

“There are some who made a conspiracy out of it when I and some of my team-mates went to see a game at Milanello coached by Pippo. We had lunch at Milanello and we wanted to provide support for the Primavera, who share our dressing room. So no, no conspiracy. The rest will be discussed later, as and when things are certain. Would I like to be coached by Inzaghi? I don’t know him, in the sense I’ve never been coached by him,” said the midfielder. Prandelli described Montolivo’s injury as a devastating blow for the Italian national team.

AC Milan manager Clarence Seedorf was a delighted man after his team managed a 1-0 win over city rivals Inter Milan in the latest Milan derby. Inter Milan where the overwhelming favourites to get three points coming into the encounter due to the good run of form. Milan, on the other hand, have been struggling throughout the season for form and consistency. They came into the match on the back of a 2-0 defeat against Roma, although this was the first defeat that they suffered in the last four matches. Milan returned to winning ways after a 1-0 win at the San Siro.

Nigel de Jong scored the only goal of the game, as Milan continued to climb up the table. They are now eighth in the Italian Serie A table with two matches remaining. Seedorf was given the ultimate of getting Milan into the Europa League at all costs. Since the club will be without Champions League the season, they had made it a priority to at least get into the Europa league so as to maintain the prestige of the club. It looks like Milan will be able to achieve this with results going their way in the last few weeks.

Inter Milan occupy the final Europa league qualifying spot and they are just three points above them in the table.

“I wanted to enjoy the derby. The team went out there with the right spirit and, although we were a little nervous at the beginning, we soon took control of the game. We deserved to have the upper hand and we deserved to win. Everyone played well and they played like a real team. That certainly makes life easier for the lads. We now need to enjoy this victory and then we can work on taking all three points from Atalanta,” said Seedorf.